Club Membership Terms

USA Touch is the governing body for the Federation of International Touch in the United States. In short, it’s only through membership with the Federation of International Touch and in turn USA Touch, that one can officially play the game in their format. USA Touch pays an annual membership to the Federation of International Touch to maintain that membership. USA Touch membership will allow all members of your club official USA Touch affiliation status.

USA Touch Membership fees per year, per club – $800 USD

Below is a list of added benefits of becoming an official USA Touch member:

Membership under the FIT umbrella

access to all FIT events worldwide

access to all USA Touch events c. membership in USA Touch is reliant on all clubs and players being registered through the USA Touch portal with Sport Engine. The following is required to be a registered club:

register your club inside the Sport Engine portal and pay the yearly fee

have membership register inside the site individually – this serves the purpose of coverage for insurance and helps to manage the growth of the game that is so important as we work to build partnerships to further the development of our sport

registration must be completed prior to any member being permitted to attend any registered USA Touch event

Insurance coverage – USA Touch has a blanket coverage for all www.usatouch.org members, coverage includes

up to $25,000 in excess accident medical coverage with $100 deductible. This is to help with big deductibles and co-insurance plans. This accident medical coverage is not designed to replace personal health insurance, but adds an added coverage with the out of pocket costs if needed

personal liability coverage from newbies, by-standers, etc. It may sound strange, but people can sue for the strangest things. For example: let’s say you’re playing, throw an errant pass and hit someone in the head who’s walking by: that person may sue you and if you’re a registered player and in good standing, the policy will pick up that defense

renting fields and facilities. In order to rent fields and facilities, most municipalities and parks system require proof of insurance. Clubs must provide the address and name of the entity to be listed as ‘additionally insured’ to receive a certificate of insurance

additionally, for a club and their members to receive coverage, a basic schedule of when such covered events are held must be provided to USA Touch. Coverage is automatic, however, a list of the membership events must be provided

all club members must be registered online through the Sport Engine site to have proof of this insurance

Access to coaching certification

USA Touch has built and will continue to build further coaching certification with FIT to standardize our coaching resources, we will only offer these certifications to members

these certifications will cross to all FIT NTA’s (National Touch Associations), so if you move outside of the United States to another FIT member, these certifications will cross over

Coaching resources for affiliated club(s) to help develop

USA Touch will provide coaching resources for affiliated clubs to www.usatouch.org help in the development of their players, referees and coaches

coaching skills and knowledge

player development and skills

affiliated club assistance

associated costs would need to be covered by the affiliated club(s) as determined by USA Touch below:

$1200 for the course – type 1 where a coach presenter is needed to travel to the membership area. The local club will provide the meeting space along with the ability to present the information

$50 per participant – type 2 where a coach presenter is available in your area, the course will be delivered per individual and the local club will need to provide the meeting space along with the ability to present the information

Referee resources for affiliated clubs for referee certification

USA Touch has a certification process that will move you through the referee pathway levels

this certification will allow you to represent at certain FIT events, only through this certification can you attend an FIT event as a referee

certification courses will be organized through the local membership and will be offered in 2 different cost structures

$1200 for the course – type 1 where a referee presenter is needed to travel to the membership area. The local club will provide the meeting space along with the ability to present the information

$50 per participant – type 2 where a referee presenter is available in your area, the course will be delivered per individual and the local club will need to provide the meeting space along with the ability to present the information

each USA Touch referee certification participant will be provided with a ACME Thunderer whistle upon completion of the course www.usatouch.org

Tournament access

all certified USA Touch tournaments must have all players affiliated with USA Touch for insurance purposes

USA Touch Nationals will require all teams to be USA Touch members

access to all FIT events throughout the world; FIT will not allow non-affiliated players to attend FIT sanctioned events

USA Touch Eagle representation

USA Touch will only select players from the pool we select from sanctioned events, to represent the USA at world events

Partnership access

as an official USA Touch, affiliated club, you will gain access to USA Touch partner benefits

USA Touch has an exclusive apparel partnership with global sporting apparel brand Canterbury. Canterbury is a major sponsor of the USA Touch Nationals and other regional USA Touch events. Canterbury also provides sponsorship for USA Touch Eagles Teams. As an affiliated club, you will receive discounted partner pricing (below standard volume discounts) on any purchases through Canterbury. This includes the official USA Touch ball, on and off field custom or stock apparel and equipment

Canterbury will again provide USA Touch with a $500 ‘voucher’ to assign (at the discretion of USA Touch) to any club towards the purchase of stock or custom items through Canterbury

Canterbury will also offer any new affiliating clubs that place their on-field apparel with them during 2017, a free ‘USA Touch Start Up Pack’ including the following: www.usatouch.org

3 Canterbury USA Touch match balls

1 Canterbury ball carrier

1 set of 20 Canterbury cones

Canterbury offers clubs the support from designing custom or stock embellished uniforms to delivery. Contact details are available through USA Touch or on via www.usatouch.org

Listing and acknowledgement on the USA Touch website

all affiliated clubs will be linked and listed on the USA Touch website including the clubs contact details so any potential new players, coaches or referees can be directed to the affiliated club in their region

The above list of membership benefits will provide the framework to assist in growing the game here in the United States. USA Touch is committed to developing the list of benefits it can offer our members as it grows, but does rely on the annual support of our members.

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